Why Facebook won’t be influential in the UK general election
In this week’s newsletter: All-powerful ‘microtargeting’ swaying the masses into voting a certain way was always overblown, but these days social media has moved on – and so have the parties
October 2023
Facebook argues Australian users’ data harvested in Cambridge Analytica scandal is not ‘sensitive information’
In court documents Meta says parts of the case brought against it by Australia’s privacy regulator are ‘embarrassing’ and ‘defective’
June 2023
Australia’s privacy watchdog to enter talks with Facebook owner over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
Federal court orders commissioner and Meta to start mediation to end protracted, costly legal proceedings
February 2023
Disinfo black ops
Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election
Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team
December 2022
Facebook owner to settle class-action suit over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Meta will pay out $725m after millions of Facebook users had their personal data used without consent
August 2022
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement
Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica data privacy lawsuit
July 2022
Mark Zuckerberg to face deposition over Cambridge Analytica scandal
The Meta CEO, and former COO Sheryl Sandberg will be questioned as part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Facebook users in California
June 2022
Arron Banks almost crushed me in court. Instead, my quest for the facts was vindicated
Carole Cadwalladr
The libel claim brought by the Brexit campaigner took its toll. But the judgment offered personal relief and hope for public interest journalism
May 2022
Zuckerberg sued by DC attorney general over Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Karl Racine accuses Facebook co-founder of direct knowledge of policies that allowed firm to gather data of millions of Americans
February 2022
Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’
Full bench of the federal court confirms earlier ruling that tech giant collects personal information in Australia
October 2021
The latest revelations mark the beginning of the end for the House of Zuckerberg
Carole Cadwalladr
The Observer’s investigations into Facebook in 2018 exposed a toxic culture. But still the business thrived. That might be about to change
September 2021
Facebook ‘overpaid in data settlement to avoid naming Zuckerberg’
Lawsuit alleges settlement in Cambridge Analytica case driven by desire to protect founder
April 2021
Another huge data breach, another stony silence from Facebook
Carole Cadwalladr
The social media giant is still a law unto itself. Can anybody hold it to account?
January 2021
Facebook claims it does not conduct business in Australia in Cambridge Analytica appeal
Social media company aims to avoid liability over Cambridge Analytica scandal by arguing it does not collect or hold data in Australia
November 2020
'Antiquated process': data regulator on obtaining Cambridge Analytica warrant
UK information commissioner calls for international approach to emerging threat
October 2020
The networker
Facebook has good reasons for blocking research into political ad targeting
John Naughton
Behind Cambridge Analytica lay a bigger threat to our democracy: Facebook
Jennifer Cobbe
The Observer view on the information commissioner's Cambridge Analytica investigation
Cambridge Analytica did not misuse data in EU referendum, says watchdog
